10240. Adulteration of noodle soup mix.    U. S. v. 55 Cases of Noodle Soup Mix.
Default decree of condemnation and destruction. (F. D. C. No. 16890. 
Sample Nos. 28850-H, 28858-H.)
LIBEL FILED :   January 23,1945, Western District of Washington.
ALLEGED SHIPMENT :  On or about August 14,1943, from Los Angeles, Calif.
PRODUCT: 55 cases, each containing 4 12-envelope cartons, of noodle soup mix 
at Seattle, Wash., in possession of the Grocers Wholesale Co. The product 
was stored under insanitary conditions after shipment. Some of the cartons 
and envelopes had been gnawed by rodents, and rodent excreta was observed 
on and in the cartons. Examination showed that the product contained 
rodent excreta pellets.
NATURE OF CHARGE: Adulteration, Section 402 (a) (3), the product consisted 
in whole or in part of a filthy substance; and, Section 402 (a) (4), it had been 
held under insanitary conditions whereby it may have become contaminated 
with filth.
DISPOSITION: January 17, 1946. No claimant having appeared, judgment of 
condemnation was entered and the product was ordered destroyed.